Frederick Muhlenberg

Frederick Muhlenberg (1 January 1750-4 June 1801) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large district from 4 March 1789 to 4 March 1791 and from 4 March 1793 to 4 March 1795, as well as from the 2nd district from 4 March 1791 to 4 March 1793 and from 4 March 1795 to 4 March 1797 (preceding Blair McClenachan). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Frederick Muhlenberg was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania in 1750 to a Pennsylvania Dutch family, and he was the brother of Peter Muhlenberg. In 1770, he became a Lutheran minister, and he served in the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1780 and in the State House of Representatives from 1780 to 1783. In 1787, he was a delegate to his state's constitutional convention, and he was the first signer of the Bill of Rights. Muhlenberg served in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1797, and, while he abstained from a vote on translating some laws into German, he was later accused of prohibiting German as an official language of the United States in the so-called "Muhlenberg Legend". From 1800 until his death in 1801, he was receiver general of the Pennsylvania Land Office.